Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Crazy Little Thing Called Love ❯ FIELD TRIP! ( Chapter 12 )

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A/N: this is the last chapter, it took me forever to write because I had like eight different drafts, all of which I loved, so, I combined them all. This chapter is very long, my longest yet, 15 pages! Woo hoo!

See you at the bottom!

Uber fluff within and Anzu bashing, slight lime!

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A week had passed since their return from winter break and Katsuya and his

dragon were now no longer bothered by those at school or in passing on the street

and they had grown quite fond of public displays of affection as they usually were

the question asked by many fangirls. Jou was now totally used to getting mobbed at

school when entering, in their classes together they sat side by side, or in history.

Where they now resided in, the only class without desks due to budget cuts and low

funding, there were no desks, so the students sat on the floor, they more importantly

sat in each other's laps, Jou perched atop Seto's knees.

Jou rolled his shoulders, Seto paused in his use of Jou's back as a table and placed

his chin on Jou's shoulder, "does that hurt?" Jou shook his head, smiling slightly,

"no, tickles." Seto smirked as Jou began writing once more and slowly began to finish his note, taking consideration of Jou's ticklishness. The sensei clapped her hands and

everyone looked up and she smiled,

"class, I have some good news, we'll be going on a field trip." Cheers broke out, she

waited until they died down before nodding, "yes, yes, we'll be attending Okounion." A

few groans were heard and Jou smirked, the teacher held up a hand, "now, now, we'll be seeing a few exibits, all based on our unit of study, you may partner up, but please

choose a careful partner, you will be doing worksheets." She nodded, "return to your

work." Jou leaned back against Seto, who had ceased in his writing and had two arms

encircle his waist, Seto smiled,

"happy?" Jou turned his head,

"does that question require an answer?" Seto scoffed and Jou chuckled, then stood

slowly detangling himself from the brunette and stretched, the teacher glanced over from

her chair, a plush leather she had brought from home and smiled,

"oh as well, Sensei Olkai's class will be joining us." Jou grinned,

"sweet, Honda, Yugi, Ryou, and-" Seto cut him off,

"and Anzu." Jou nodded,

"and Anzu, wait, aw crap!" The teacher looked at him sharply and he smiled in apology,

then faced Seto, "not fair, take the fun outta your day, add Anzu." Seto tilted his head as if apologizing and Jou offered a small smile, then after stretching he dropped his arms to his sides and then gathered all of his things as the final bell rang.

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As Jou entered the mansion he began packing for their overnight stay at Okounion Shrine, they'd be leaving the next morning around eight o'clock and wouldn't be arriving until five or six in the evening, considering the location of the shrine. Seto was giving a list of orders to the servants who'd flocked about him, "Mokuba is to be woken at seven thirty sharp as always, he is to be fed and taken to school and picked up at his regular times. If he needs help with his homework it is to be given, no one is to come over, he is not to go over to anyone's house, he is to be put to be at nine o'clock, no later, no exceptions. I am not to be contacted unless it is an emergency, all of my appointments are to be moved to next Tuesday, is that understood?" They all bowed with a mumbled, 'yes Kaiba-sama' and exited without a further word, Jou folded his shirts,

"you scare me, just a little bit." Seto smiled and sat down on the bed and picked up a

shirt, Jou chuckled, "can you even fold clothes?"

"Yes, I can pup, I didn't get adopted until I was twelve, I am capable of doing things without help." Jou smiled and placed the shirt in the suitcase and frowned as it didn't fit, he rummaged through clothes, seeing if he could get rid of anything,

"manga, manga, diskman, CDs, toothbrush, floss, brush, shirt, shirt, pants, pants, socks,

boxers, cards, regular cards, spare shoes, sweater, oh, I can ditch my jacket and there." He flipped the top shut and kneeled on the case as he forced the zipped shut, then smiled, "I show'd that thing." He slid off the bed and then reached beneath the bed and pulled out a smaller case, Seto rolled his eyes, opened the larger case, pulled out the toiletries, books, music, and all non-clothing items and placed them in the smaller case, then easily shut the larger case, Jou cocked his head to the side, "that works too, I'm missing something, they have baths with everything, but still, oh, anti-persparant!" He

jogged off, then returned, he faced Seto, "where's your stuff?"

"Packed."

"Oh yeah?" Seto opened a closet and pulled out a suitcase, tossed it on the bed and

opened it, inside, were clothes, all neatly pressed, folded and packed, there was a side

pocket with all the other needed items, like a brush and toothbrush, a laptop and book sat on top of the clothes. Jou crossed his arms, then raised a brow, "where's you pack?"

"My what?"

"Survival pack, first aid kit, water, compass, you know, in case something happens, also, you need a sleeping bag."

"First, it's a field trip, we're not going into the jungle, second, I'm sharing yours." Jou

smirked, rivaling that of Seto's,

"what makes ya think I'm gonna share."

"If you don't I'll tickle you sensless and tell everyone about that small spot between your

ear and jawbone and what happens when you do that thing that makes you squirm and

what happens if you do it four-"

"Okay, okay, I'll share, just, not the spot, no one knows but you."

"It's good blackmail information."

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Jou stood in the train station, his sunglasses on his nose, he was leaning on a

pilliar, chewing on gum as he listened to the sensei's explain the rules. He rolled his eyes behind the red tinted black shades, made to match those of Cyclops, always the same rules, no swearing, no sex, no disrespcting the monks, no asking stupid questions, no wandering, sit down and stay down when on the Bullet Train, no pestering passangers, no smoking, no defacing property, and so on, and of course, the most important, no breaking the rules. He blew a bubble and Sensei Nenseki smirked as she popped it with her pen and it splattered on his nose, she glanced at her clipboard, "alright, roll call, my class first, Akai Ryu?" Jou tuned her out, it was a long list to the J's, she glanced over her clipboard, "Demakko Jenni?" Only D's, he glanced at Yugi's who was reading a doujinshi, the teen glanced up and Jou smiled, Yugi nodded, lucky, he only had about 16 kids in his class, "Jounouchi Katsuya, well, I know you're here." Jou chuckled, "Kaiba Seto, here too." Jou looked up and backwards, essentially just tipping his head back and smirked at Seto, who rolled his eyes, she finally ended her list and the other sensei barked out names, then nodded, all were present, Sensei Olkai's eyes scanned the group, he paused on the two residing closest to the platform, Jou and Seto and shook his head,

"not in uniform." It was a statement, not a question, it was allowed for them to not wear

their uniforms when on a field trip and Jou was dressed in a pair of black leather pants,

that started to widen at the knee. He had on an older t-shirt that had been ripped and

revealed his navel, which was now pierced, a Christmas present from Dia, his name was painted onto the front of the black shirt in white in Kanji. He had no need for the coat because of a sudden, welcomed heat wave and for the fact that it was warmer in Osaka, black leg warmers were about his wrists with the thumbs inserted in them, his hair was tousled as always he had a smirk to rival that of his koibito's. Said male was dressed similarly, tight black leather pants, a black t-shirt with a white silk shirt unbuttoned over top with a large dragon in black and Kanji symbols on the back, as well the symbols ran down the button side and the holed side, around the sleeve cuffs and the hems of the shirt. His black t-shirt was just tight enough to make girls - and Jou, swoon, and a pair of black shaded sunglasses sat in silver frames. (A/N: droooooooooolllllllll! *looks at keyboard* ah, no! But, I gave an accurate and detailed picture for a reason, PICTURE IT! Nice image, ne?) Their sensei gave a small nod,

"okay, let's get going."

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Jou's eyes scanned the train, a few girls were filling out quizzes or playing childish games, Anzu was flipping through a magazine and shooting glares every now and then at both Honda and Otogi as well as Yugi and Yami, the lattter of whom were having a friendly duel, Otogi and Honda were listing ways to break the rules or sneak off during the trip. Ryou was sitting in his seat, eyes shut and completely unresponsive, a soft glow was being emitted from his Ring, evidence that he was in there with Bakura, doing Kami knows what. Seto was reading a book and Jou paused on the brunette, who lowered the book, "yes?"

"What'cha readin'?" Seto smiled slightly, then held up the book for the cover to be read,

Jou grinned, "never figured you for a Harry Potter fan, never got to the fifth, still around the beginning of the fourth. Dia and I would spend time reading them before I'd go to bed or something, but, we stopped last year after the third book, I've been trying to read the fourth on my own. But, Dislexia, not with the liking of the hard words, so, I'll try every so often, but, not as often as I used to." Seto faced Jou, a small smile on his face,

"do you have the fourth book with you?" Jou nodded, opening his satchel and pulling out

the large book, a silk book mark placed on a page, Seto took the book, then opened it to the proper page, then he draped his arm about Jou's shoulders pulling him closer and

Jou smiled,

"I can't get past here." He pointed a placement near the bottom of the page, Seto held

the book out,

"alright, start reading, I'll guide you along."

Jou nodded, his eyes running down the page as he recalled the moments that had occurred, he furrowed his brow biting his lips as he tried to dicpher the backwards and misplaced letters he was faced with. With a firm nod he began to read, "okay, 'edging a-along the sonced' damnit, 'secdoe' no, god, I hate this." His voice was hushed but his whispers were harsh, anger was evident, he took a deep breath and looked at the book again, 'the sec-c-ond, second, row to three still empty seats r-rihtg, right behind Mr. Weasley were onne, neon, none. none other than D-Dobby the huse, house-lef, elf, house-elf's old owners - Lucius Malfoy, his son, Draco, and a woman Harry popused, suppodes, supposed, must be Draco's mother. Harry and Draco Malfoy had been emienes, eniemes, enimese, enmiees, enemies ever since their first journey to

Hogwarts.'" Jou paused as the PA system came on,

"last stop Osaka, thank you and have a nice day." Jou marked the page and placed the

book back in his satchel and stood grabbing onto a rail as the train lurched into the

station. Walking off and onto the platform, Jou slid on a pair of sunglasses and pulled out a stick of gum and popped it into his mouth, chewing it slowly, he shielded his face and walked over to Yugi.

"Hey Yug, who won the duel?" Yugi smiled,

"it was a draw, what about you and Seto, looking a little snuggly."

"helping me with ma reading." Yugi nodded and bowed as a sensei approached,

Nenseki faced Jou and Seto,

"we're ready to leave, come along."

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Jou looked around the small pup tent, Seto had changed for bed already and was working quietly on his laptop, he shut it after a moment, "losing my signal." Jou nodded and turned off the flashlight lanterns, then crawled across the tent and lay under his sleeping bag, snuggling up to Seto. Who wound an arm about his waist and pressed a kiss to Jou's cheek, Jou turned his head and met Seto's retreating lips, kissing them

softly, with a small smirk he snaked his hand up the t-shirt that hung off of the lithe torso.

Seto jerked back with a startled gasp, "puppy, we're outside of a shrine, you know it's

against the rules." Jou nipped at the juncture of neck and collarbone,

"oh, who cares, it's been nearly a week, come on Set, please."

"No." Jou pouted and turned his back on Seto, who propped himself up, "pup." Jou huffed and turned his nose upwards and stuck his chin upwards,

"no, you're being mean to me." Seto moved slightly closer, then, suddenly, siezed Jou by the waist and tugged him backwards, pulling him against his chest and his lips moved to the ever sensitive spot slightly behind the ear to where the jaw bone ended, Jou's eyes fluttered shut and a breathless moan escaped him, "b-but-"

"Oh, they said no sex, but a little full contact kissing never hurt anyone, besides, I'm sure

others have done worse." Jou spun around pressing his lips to Seto's then pulled back,

"but if we get in trouble, I was tired and you took advantage of me."

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Bakura faced Ryou, "come on Tenshi, please." Ryou sat in the far end of the tent, sealed off in his own sleeping bag,

"no Bakura, it's against the rules!" A sigh,

"so, we won't get caught, I promise, please, don't be so mean." Ryou snorted, facing his dark completely,

"no!"

"Please?" Ryou shook his head,

"Bakura, no, look, if Jou and Seto can go one night without sex, then you can too, see, they know the rules, they know they'd get in trouble if they did anything." There was a long pause, Ryou gave a triumpant smirk, which vanished at a long, low, hushed moan.

Bakura gave his own smirk,

"oh yeah, Seto and Jou can go *one* night without sex huh, well what the hell do you call that Ryou!?" Ryou nibbled on his lip, he was in a tough spot, Bakura was right, they hadn't had sex in over two weeks due to his father being back, and he was in the mood, but it was against the rules, what to do? Bakura crawled up to Ryou, his body covering that of his light, "look, we'll make a deal, if we get in trouble, I'll take full blame, I'll say I took advantage of you." Ryou gave a snarl as he tackled his dark, pinning him to the canvas floor,

"deal, now, get the hell out of those pants." Bakura grinned,

"your wish is my command."

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Jou stumbled out of the tent, still pulling on his long sleeved shirt, then straightened as he fixed up his look, their sensei smiled, "good morning, you have half an hour for bathing and eating and then you are to line up at the front gate, get to it." Jou turned to enter the tent and felt a hand on his arm and looked at Yugi, who smiled,

"I hope you know I didn't get to sleep until one a.m." Jou smirked,

"well, I didn't get to bed until two thirty." They exchanged a smile, Yugi headed off to breakfast and Jou pulled the flap back on the tent, Seto glanced up from his laptop,

"I'm ready, I heard what she said, let's go to breakfast, we'll take a bath later tonight." He closed the computer and stood, emerging from the tent, then wrapped his arm about Jou's shoulder, they walked towards the dining tent, grabbing a few things from the trays they sat with the other's. Honda yawned widely, sipping his coffee he let out a groan,

"goody it's our stalker." Otogi lowered his head, then smirked softly, throwing an arm around Honda's shoulder and leaned on his shoulder, towards his ear, he whispered to his lover,

"just play along Hiro-kun." He nipped at the ear and pulled back slightly, winking at the other's quickly, then cleared his throat, speaking loudly as Anzu approached, "so, as I was saying, the mastery of the tounge, a-maz-ing!" He emphised each beat of the word, with a small motion of the hand resting on Honda's shoulder and a small nod at the end, Jou caught onto their plan and smothered a laugh into his drink, coughing slightly. He tilted his head, throwing an arm around Seto's shoulder, he caught sight of the other's at the table following suit, he looked up as Anzu sat down and gave a fake, friendly smile,

"hello Anzu-chan, sleep well?" She gave a nod and a smile, she looked as if she was about to speak when Seto cut her off, looking at Otogi,

"so, you were saying?"

Otogi nodded, lowering his drink, "yeah, see Honda got his tounge pierced, so, you can just guess." Ryou laughed,

"don't need to imagine." In usion both he and Bakura stuck out their tounges, they had matching piercings in their tounges, with a smirk the two white haired boys faced Jou, Jou raised a brow,

"hey, my piercing's in the navel, Dia wouldn't let me get one in the tounge, said that with the way I could make Set scream I didn't need one, 'sides, looks cool." Otogi snorted,

"female." Jou stood up in his chair,

"what?!" Otogi looked Jou up and down,

"you heard me." A few other students glanced over at the table and Seto calmed them down, indicating Anzu, they nodded, but continued to watch, in amsument now, Jou stormed over to Otogi, hiding a grin, this was too much fun. He siezed the black haired dice master, pulling him up and glaring at him, then in a voice, he knew only Otogi could hear he spoke,

"you remember Ryou's dare?" Otogi grinned, but it was replaced quickly with a frown,

he nodded softly,

"on three." Jou smirked, then, still holding Otogi, still acting, he shoved him back, colliding with the table, he mouthed 'one', with a nod Otogi reacted back, lunging at Jou,

grabbing his shirt, he smirked, "two." Jou took a deep breath,

"three." He slammed Otogi against the table, then smashed their lips together, he grinned at the collective gasp surrounding him as his mind drifted back to the day after Christmas.

^~^

Ryou grinned at Bakura's suggestion, then faced Jou, "alright Jou, I dare you, to kiss Otogi, for a full minute, with tounge and damnit, it has to look convicing, I'm talking, full out love fest, not an 'I'm forced to be doing this kiss'." Jou's eyes widened to a size that would rival Yugi's,

"no way man, I ain't kissin' Otogi, not that he's not yanno, attractive, just...he's with Honda, I chicken." Honda smiled,

"seriously dude, it's just a game, I don't mind, I trust Otogi and I trust you, and I'm pretty sure Seto does as well, hey, I kissed Ryou, it's only fair."

"No." Ryou scowled,

"fine, but eventually, I will get my kiss that I want, surprise me if you have to, hell, do it to piss the hell out of Anzu or some teacher if ya gotta, but I need to be there, you gotta do it eventually, but as a chicken dare you need to....hmmm, I know, you need to let Seto kiss you for two minutes, but you can't do anything back."

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Jou had nearly gone crazy for the full two minutes, ready to kill anyone who got in the way of him as he ran for the stairs to take the coldest shower on record. But, Ryou was right, he eventually got his kiss. Pulling back from the kiss Jou bit back a smirk, they pulled back just in time to see Anzu running from the tent as fast as she could, he snickered, trying to hold back laughter, but finally it got the best of him and he doubled over, falling to the ground laughing so hard. He crawled over to his chair and plopped into it, he faced Ryou, "ya happy now?" The british boy nodded,

"indeed, the look on her face was priceless, I should have brought a camera, phew, priceless." Jou stood as the sensei's entered, annoucning the half an hour had elapsed,
he took Seto's hand,

"you still kiss better." Seto pressed a kiss to Jou's forehead,

"that's a comforting thought, I have to admit, it did look convincing."

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Jou sat on the steps outside of the shrine, they were on a break as the monks meditated, he lapped at his ice cream cone, then smiled as Seto sat down beside him,

"we'll be going back in after a few more minutes." Jou nodded,

"mmmkay, ya want some?"

"I'm fine." Jou shrugged, finishing off the cone, Anzu approached as he threw the litter in the garbage, then cursed at his ice cream coated hands, sitting back down he began to lick his hands clean, fully aware of the watching brunette beside him. He paused after dragging his tounge across his palm and faced Seto,

"yes?" Seto merely looked at Jou, tilting his head,

"you know what." Jou grinned,

"what, oh so now you want ice cream, well, no, none for you." He continued to clean off his fingers, making a great show of it, fianlly Seto's resolve snapped and he tackled the blonde, said boy gave a loud yelp, then giggled as Seto began to tickle him as they rolled around on the grass. Jou paused at a flash and looked up at his sensei, she waved her camera,

"perfect picture for the yearbook." Jou stood, brushing off his clothes and Anzu faced Nenseki,

"how can you allow this, in a shrine no less, they're both males!" Nenseki faced the girl,

"you have much to learn, Jou, would you like a copy of the picture?" Jou nodded,

"please, my aunt would love it." She nodded, and Anzu stood agape as Jou and Seto walked past both her and the sensei to the others, Yugi grinned,

"year book picture?" Jou nodded and Anzu ran over,

"freaks!" The group of males faced her, she was standing facing them angrily, she pointed a finger at Otogi, "you, you took Honda away from me, you-you, dice throwing girl!" Honda moved to say something, but Otogi lay a hand on his arm, then shook his head, she faced Jou and Seto, "you two...disgusting, with the constant openness and PDAs, how anyone can find it adorable is beyond me." She faced Yugi next, "and you!" Yami gripped Yugi's arm, his eyes sinking in colour and the Sennen Eye appearing on his forehead in warning, she jabbed a finger in Yugi's chest, "I hate you most of all, you and your childish looks, your lure of innocence, you entranced my Yami, you took him away from me!" She turned to Ryou and Bakura, Yami moved to attack her, but Yugi grabbed him about the waist, dragging him back, in an attempt to calm him. She just looked at Ryou and Bakura, "you two are nasty, worse than Jou and Kaiba! Slobbering all over each other and without abandon!" Bakura pushed Ryou to the side,

"you might want to shield your eyes Tenshi-koi, this is going to be brutal." His voice had lowered, eyes flashing red, then bleeding completely into crimson, they reduced to slits and everyone took a good few steps back, Bakura's fangs became evident and his hair grew more wild. Anzu snorted,

"what are you going to do, you wouldn't dare hurt me, you're such a freak in your own, with hair like that and your attitude, I'd bet thirty Yen that you have some lameass name like Marcus, or better yet, Zork." A wind blew about Bakura, he chuckled hollowly, the Ring glowed and he merely extended a hand, muttering a few words in his native tounge, there was a bright red flash as Anzu flew backwards, then was envolped completely in blackness and vanished, banished, to the Shadows. Everything returned to normal and Yami smirked at Bakura,

"I'd forgotten." Bakura turned to face the tri-coloured spirit,

"you'd know what's best for you Pharoh, keep your mouth shut, baka, let's go Ryou." The two walked off and Yugi faced Yami,

"what?" Yami said nothing aloud, but from Yugi's amused laugh it was evident something had been said, Seto threw his arm about Jou,

"come on, before the sensei's worry." The group ran to catch up and they were faced by Nenseki,

"where's Anzu?" Jou glanced at the others, trying to think of a good answer, Jou nibbled on his lip, then smirked,

"last I saw of her, she'd blacked out 'cause of Bakura and Ryou." He shook his head at his lame joke, but chuckled none the less, Nenseki raised her right brow, but said nothing,

"very well, come along."

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Jou lay in bed, he and Seto had just returned home, they lay in bed, facing each other, talking as they fell asleep. Jou yawned widely, running a hand through Seto's hair, he smiled, "this is nice." Seto nodded his agreement, Jou snuggled closer, buring his head in Seto's chest as sleep finally took him over, he shut his eyes, listening to the steady beat of Seto's heart, he gave a sleepy smile, "thump thump, thump thump, thump thump, thump thump." Seto ran a hand through the silky blonde locks,

"what are you doing?" Jou yawned once more,

"listen to your heart beat, it's soothing." Seto pressed a kiss to the top of the blonde mop of hair, inhaling the scent that was purely Jou, musky, slightly like rain and of the sweetest spices and flowers, Seto yawned himself, his eyes falling shut,

"puppy?"

"Hmmmm?" Jou's reply was sleepy,

"can I keep you like this?"

"Mmm hmmm." Seto ghosted a smile,

"love you." Jou sighed, sleep taking hold,

"ditto."

The two lay sleeping softly beneath the midnight blue covers of the large canopy bed. Behind closed lids, shone eyes of honey and blue, honey like that of the summer warmth, blue like the chill of the iciest winter nights. Complete opposites in many a way,

ying and yang, light and dark, black and white, you can't have one without the other, or else the balance is broken, the scales are tipped. The same goes for the two young lovers, alone they are lost, together they thrive, the road to harmony is long, bitter and painful, one the two suffered at such young ages, but found peace and solace within the other. The moon rose to it's highest peak in the sky, the milky white radiance shining through the open curtians, the glow illuminating the pair softly, chestnut brown hair entagled softly with golden blonde, limbs entagled and bodies pressed together, they looked as one being. Jounouchi Katsuya, known as Jou to his friends, Kat-kun to his sister and puppy to his lover, lay asleep, at peace finally with his lover. Kaiba Seto, Kaiba-sama to his subordiantes, Kaiba-kun to those in his good graces, some one would call friends, Seto to his brother and ryu to his lover, whose form he embraced, protecting from all those that would do him harm. A soft, sleep-filled voice murmured in the dark, the owner, unknown, but the message came through clear, "aishiteru, koi."

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Awwwwwww! I'm finally done! *Sob* I hope you enjoyed this fic, it was my first

Yu-Gi-Oh story ever! I know the ending is like, mucho sappy, but...meh. The Banishing

of Anzu as me and my Oni-chan and I refer to it as, was actually his idea. I had discovered that Bakura's real name was Zork Necrophedious and he started laughing and said

"can you imagine someone walking up to him and going 'man this guy looks like such a freak, I bet his has some lameass name like Zork!' Eye twitch, eye twitch, they'd get their ass banished faster than you could say Man-Eater Bug!" So, I started laughing, and I knew instantly that I had to put that in the chapter, so it was in all drafts, just in different versions and places. The kiss between Otogi and Jou was my girlfriend's idea, since she loves that couple, so, I decided to be nice and put it in, the way they got rid of Anzu, with the loud mouthing over sex...that's what it was supposed to be, was a lot longer in the original draft, but I had to cut it down in order to make the kiss fit in. As well,

in another draft, I had a huge chase scene between Yami and Anzu, but, it made no sense so it was cut out.

Thank you to all who took time out of their days to read my story, it means so much to me, you gave my days meaning and made me wish to continue this story, thank you!

Well, I must be off, working on my next story, a Yu-Gi-Oh and InuYasha cross over, it will be YAOI! Fwee!

The pairings are: InuYasha/Miroku/Jou (yep, my first yaoi threesome), Sess/Kouga, Yugi/Yami, Ryou/Bakura, hints at Malik/Marik, Honda/Otogi and a few original characters.

The story line is simple: Jou is an Inu Hanyou, he lives with others like himself, including Inu and Roku, it will be AU, and the full summary will be with the story, a few glitches will be worked out before it is posted, but.... ya know what, just cause I love you guys so much, here's a sneak peak!

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<i> Jounouchi Katsuya sat on the hardwood floor of the orphanage/shrine, his knees folded beneath him, his dark forest green kimono pooled slightly at the bend in his knees and his bare feet were hardly noticable from the confines of said kimono and the black pants. His unruly blonde hair fell over his closed eyes as his head was bowed, making his ears more noticable from their perch on top of his head. His lips moved, but no sound was produced as he prayed, his fangs barely noticable, execpt from the faint light provided from the light bowls at the four coners of the room and the candles hanging from the wall or chandelier above him.

He paused after a prayer and smiled, "hello Miroku." There was a soft chuckle off to the side and to his right, "come to watch me pray?"

"Surely you must be finished by now, you've been in here for twenty minutes." Jou stood, brushing off stray bamboo from the mat, then bowed his head towards the front of the room and turned around to face his friend. The teen had a smirk on his pale face, his black hair framing it perfectly, his brown eyes had a bemused glint and his arms were crossed across his chest, the simple purple robe extended to his slim waist, making it seem more like a tunic, his black pants trailed down the long, toned legs to his sneaker clad feet.

He smiled, "well, what'cha prayin' for, money, girls?" Jou had to chuckle at his friend,

"you of all people should know I am not straight."

"Well, hot guys then?" The half-demon simply shook his head but couldn't help his grin,

"no, just praying for guidance since tomorrow will be my first time attending school outside of Himtia's in nearly six years, I asked my parents to bless me and watch over me." The boy nodded reaching up his right hand, clad in it's usual covering, and brushed a lock of hair back, smiling as he forgot the postioning of Jou's ears,

"habit." Jou grinned,

"mmm-hmm, I know, how's the hand, Wind Tunnel shrinking?" A small, firm and satisfied nod,

"yep, ever since Mrs. Himtia found that counter curse, it's been working like a...well, pardon the pun, like a charm." Jou smiled,

"that's great."

"Hmm, what's great?" Strong arms slid about Miroku's waist, the jet haired boy leaned back and smiled,

"mmm, hey 'Yasha, the fact my Wind Tunnel's shrinking, soon I'll be walking around with two bare hands." The half-demon cocked his head, then rested his chin on his koi's shoulder,

"I see, Kyami-san sent me down here to tell you two that dinner's ready, come on." <i>

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There ya go, the sequeal's posted! R&R please and thanks!